Awards for 11 Creative Europe-funded films in Cannes

The festival's most prestigious award, the Palme d'Or, went to British director Ken Loach for I, Daniel Blake. To date, the film has received close to €100,000 from Creative Europe to support its development and distribution, including as part of a Slate development grant awarded to UK production company Sixteen Films in 2015.

I, Daniel Blake is Ken Loach's second Palme d'Or-winning title, and the fifteenth MEDIA-backed winner of Cannes' top prize since 1991.

It was also a successful night for Creative Europe films across the rest of Europe, with the following supported films taking home prizes:

The Best Director award was shared by Romanian former Palme d'Or winner Cristian Mungiu for Graduation (Baccalauréat) and French director Olivier Assayas for Personal Shopper.